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Episode 28: Karel Ančerl Live with Rob Cowan and Matouš Vlčinský
27th Feb 2022
The live recordings by the great Czech conductor Karel Ančerl, and Bohemian musical culture are explored by Rob Cowan and Matouš Vlčinský from Supraphon records.
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Kamasi Washington, 'The Epic'
27th Feb 2022
American saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington's 2015 breakout record is a gargantuan work, and though it hasn't had the time to develop the long-enduring status of the records we usually cover, we reckon it's worthy of the title of a modern classic.
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Joyce DiDonato's EDEN
25th Feb 2022
Featuring music by composers including Ives, Cavalli, Handel, Gluck and Wagner (plus a ravishing new commission by Rachel Portman), the American mezzo's eclectic new concept-album with Il Pomo d'Oro explores our relationship with 'the grammar of the earth'.
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EDEN
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
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New Release Round-Up - 25th February 2022
25th Feb 2022
Haydn from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Mozart violin sonatas from Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi, Salonen and Ravel from Nicolas Altstaedt, and Sebastián Durón's zarzuela Coronis from Le Poème Harmonique.
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Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, 'Cold as Weiss'
25th Feb 2022
Delvon Lamarr and co. deliver a delightful set of old-school organ trio funk, with impressive performances and memorable originals.
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Jaakko Kuusisto (1974-2022)
24th Feb 2022
The Finnish violinist, conductor, composer and politician has died at the age of 48.
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Josephine Veasey (1930-2022)
24th Feb 2022
The British dramatic mezzo, who excelled in Wagner and Berlioz, has died aged 91.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th February 2022
24th Feb 2022
The latest jazz releases include new sounds from Robert Glasper, vocalist Alma Naidu's debut, and reissues from John Handy and Bill Evans.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - March 2022
23rd Feb 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices for March 2022 include Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana's Blue Note Records debut, experimental new textures from London drums & sax duo Binker & Moses, and Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ghost Song on Nonesuch.
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Laurence Dreyfus on the consort music of John Jenkins
23rd Feb 2022
The director of acclaimed consort Phantasm talks about their new album of intricate, yet intimate, Renaissance works for viols.
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Jenkins: Four-Part Consorts
Phantasm
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Boxed Set Selections - February 2022
22nd Feb 2022
February heavyweights include French organist Olivier Latry's complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, The Choir of King’s College Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury's complete Argo recordings, and anthologies celebrating the legacies of Zoltán Kocsis and Blandine Verlet.
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New Publications by Henri Vieuxtemps
22nd Feb 2022
Edition Kunzelmann have recently published two of Henri Vieuxtemps' previously unavailable works: the Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 5 and the Rákóczi March in A minor. Find out more about the new publications here.
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Carmen Giannattasio on Opera Rara
21st Feb 2022
The Italian soprano reminisces about recording the title-roles in Ermione and La donna del lago (both recently reissued on the label's Rossini 1819 box-set) and discusses 'stepping into the second phase of my life as a singer' as she moves away from bel canto and towards verismo repertoire...
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Rossini in 1819
Ermione - Carmen Giannattasio (Ermione), Rebecca Bottone (Cleone), Patricia Bardon (Andromaca), Colin Lee (Oreste), Paul Nilon (Pirro), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry La donna del lago - Gregory Kunde (Rodrigo di Dhu), Carmen Giannattasio (Elena), Patricia Bardon (Malcolm Groeme), Kenneth Tarver (Giacomo V), Douglas d’Angus (Robert Gleadow), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maurizio Benini Bianca e Falliero, Majella Cullagh (Bianca), Jennifer Larmore (Falliero), Barry Banks (Contareno), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Capellio), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
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Owain Park on Fading
20th Feb 2022
The consort's director Owain Park talks about their contemplative album from 2020, inspired by ancient monastic services and meditating on themes of darkness and light.
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Weinberg solo violin sonatas from Gidon Kremer
18th Feb 2022
The Latvian violinist celebrates his 75th birthday with impassioned recordings of Weinberg's three sonatas for solo violin.
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonatas For Violin Solo
Gidon Kremer (violin)
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New Release Round-Up - 18th February 2022
18th Feb 2022
Vivaldi, Leclair and Locatelli from Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Mozart from Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano works by African composers from Rebeca Omordia, and Italian baroque arias from Ian Bostridge.
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Jim McNeely, Frankfurt Radio Big Band & Chris Potter, 'Rituals'
18th Feb 2022
Jim McNeely's tribute to Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' is immortalised on record with the help of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and saxophonist Chris Potter.
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New and Upcoming Vinyl - February 2022
17th Feb 2022
The latest jazz vinyl releases include reissues of Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as a repressing of Gretchen Parlato's latest album Flor.
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2022 Choices
17th Feb 2022
Chris introduces next month's selection, headed by Jennifer Kloetzel and Robert Koenig's set of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano on Avie...
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ABRSM: Signature Series
17th Feb 2022
ABRSM's Signature Series is a range of authoratative performing editions of piano works, researched and edited by leading scholars. Find out more here.
